A word for 'hiding strong emotions'

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My partner is a very passionate, loving and caring person. He does however keep these emotions unexpressed, hidden. Though not in a negative way and not to me.
Is there a word that defines this?
Example sentence - "His ( blank ) enabled him to hide his strong emotions from other's".
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My partner is a very passionate, loving and caring person. He does however keep these emotions unexpressed, hidden. Though not in a negative way and not to me.
Is there a word that defines this?
Example sentence - "His ( blank ) enabled him to hide his strong emotions from other's".
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English perhaps ?
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English perhaps ?
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Stoic is a term for someone who can handle pain and hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining






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I'd recommend impassive.



From Merriam-Webster:




giving no sign of feeling or emotion : EXPRESSIONLESS







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"His serious mien enabled him to hide strong emotions from others".



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bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: a
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    No single word comes to mind other than already stated, so:



    "His practiced facade of insouciance enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others."




    • facade



    An artificial or deceptive front.





    • insouciance



    the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern;
    indifference.







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      It sounds like your partner is reserved. From Oxford Dictionaries:




      Slow to reveal emotion or opinions




      This fits your description of your partner as someone who generally keeps his emotions hidden, but who does share them with you (though, I'm guessing, only after a gradual process of getting to know you). Note that the term reserved doesn't imply a lack of emotions or opinions. In fact, the definition from Collins Dictionary is




      Someone who . . . keeps their feelings hidden




      which (in addition to sounding very much like your description) strongly implies that there are emotions to be hidden. However, a person who is reserved could be mistaken as unemotional by people who don't see beneath the surface calm.



      For your example sentence, you need the noun form.1 From Cambridge Dictionaries:




      reserve noun (SHY BEHAVIOUR)

      ★ [ U ] tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them




      So you could say




      His reserve enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others.




      You could also add an adjective to make the sentence more pointed, as in his natural reserve or his habitual reserve. Similarly, if you wanted to stick with the adjective, you could rephrase slightly:




      His reserved (nature/demeanor/etc.) enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others




      Or




      Because he was (always/naturally/habitually) reserved, he was able to hide his strong emotions from others






      1Of course there is also the noun form reservation, but that generally isn't used with this sense of reserve and reserved: When a table is reserved, someone has a reservation; but when a person is reserved, that person only has reserve.






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        • Thanks for helping. He is stoic, yes, when required. But that also implies coping with something, whereas I am talking about a man with lovely feelings that he keeps private.
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        • Thanks for helping. He is stoic, yes, when required. But that also implies coping with something, whereas I am talking about a man with lovely feelings that he keeps private.
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        Thanks for helping. He is stoic, yes, when required. But that also implies coping with something, whereas I am talking about a man with lovely feelings that he keeps private.
        – Novae
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        Thanks for helping. He is stoic, yes, when required. But that also implies coping with something, whereas I am talking about a man with lovely feelings that he keeps private.
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        I'd recommend impassive.



        From Merriam-Webster:




        giving no sign of feeling or emotion : EXPRESSIONLESS







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        I'd recommend impassive.



        From Merriam-Webster:




        giving no sign of feeling or emotion : EXPRESSIONLESS







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        • Yes, we both thought impassive was correct, but when I looked up the definition it states that 'impassive' can also mean to be emotionless, which is far from the truth regarding him. So I'm not sure.
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        I'd recommend impassive.



        From Merriam-Webster:




        giving no sign of feeling or emotion : EXPRESSIONLESS







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        I'd recommend impassive.



        From Merriam-Webster:




        giving no sign of feeling or emotion : EXPRESSIONLESS








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        • Yes, we both thought impassive was correct, but when I looked up the definition it states that 'impassive' can also mean to be emotionless, which is far from the truth regarding him. So I'm not sure.
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        • Yes, we both thought impassive was correct, but when I looked up the definition it states that 'impassive' can also mean to be emotionless, which is far from the truth regarding him. So I'm not sure.
          – Novae
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        Yes, we both thought impassive was correct, but when I looked up the definition it states that 'impassive' can also mean to be emotionless, which is far from the truth regarding him. So I'm not sure.
        – Novae
        8 hours ago




        Yes, we both thought impassive was correct, but when I looked up the definition it states that 'impassive' can also mean to be emotionless, which is far from the truth regarding him. So I'm not sure.
        – Novae
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        "His serious mien enabled him to hide strong emotions from others".



        mien TFD & Vocabulary.com




        bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: a
        person's appearance or demeanor







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          "His serious mien enabled him to hide strong emotions from others".



          mien TFD & Vocabulary.com




          bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: a
          person's appearance or demeanor







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            "His serious mien enabled him to hide strong emotions from others".



            mien TFD & Vocabulary.com




            bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: a
            person's appearance or demeanor







            share|improve this answer












            "His serious mien enabled him to hide strong emotions from others".



            mien TFD & Vocabulary.com




            bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: a
            person's appearance or demeanor








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                No single word comes to mind other than already stated, so:



                "His practiced facade of insouciance enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others."




                • facade



                An artificial or deceptive front.





                • insouciance



                the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern;
                indifference.







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                  No single word comes to mind other than already stated, so:



                  "His practiced facade of insouciance enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others."




                  • facade



                  An artificial or deceptive front.





                  • insouciance



                  the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern;
                  indifference.







                  share|improve this answer
























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                    No single word comes to mind other than already stated, so:



                    "His practiced facade of insouciance enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others."




                    • facade



                    An artificial or deceptive front.





                    • insouciance



                    the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern;
                    indifference.







                    share|improve this answer












                    No single word comes to mind other than already stated, so:



                    "His practiced facade of insouciance enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others."




                    • facade



                    An artificial or deceptive front.





                    • insouciance



                    the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern;
                    indifference.








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                        It sounds like your partner is reserved. From Oxford Dictionaries:




                        Slow to reveal emotion or opinions




                        This fits your description of your partner as someone who generally keeps his emotions hidden, but who does share them with you (though, I'm guessing, only after a gradual process of getting to know you). Note that the term reserved doesn't imply a lack of emotions or opinions. In fact, the definition from Collins Dictionary is




                        Someone who . . . keeps their feelings hidden




                        which (in addition to sounding very much like your description) strongly implies that there are emotions to be hidden. However, a person who is reserved could be mistaken as unemotional by people who don't see beneath the surface calm.



                        For your example sentence, you need the noun form.1 From Cambridge Dictionaries:




                        reserve noun (SHY BEHAVIOUR)

                        ★ [ U ] tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them




                        So you could say




                        His reserve enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others.




                        You could also add an adjective to make the sentence more pointed, as in his natural reserve or his habitual reserve. Similarly, if you wanted to stick with the adjective, you could rephrase slightly:




                        His reserved (nature/demeanor/etc.) enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others




                        Or




                        Because he was (always/naturally/habitually) reserved, he was able to hide his strong emotions from others






                        1Of course there is also the noun form reservation, but that generally isn't used with this sense of reserve and reserved: When a table is reserved, someone has a reservation; but when a person is reserved, that person only has reserve.






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                          It sounds like your partner is reserved. From Oxford Dictionaries:




                          Slow to reveal emotion or opinions




                          This fits your description of your partner as someone who generally keeps his emotions hidden, but who does share them with you (though, I'm guessing, only after a gradual process of getting to know you). Note that the term reserved doesn't imply a lack of emotions or opinions. In fact, the definition from Collins Dictionary is




                          Someone who . . . keeps their feelings hidden




                          which (in addition to sounding very much like your description) strongly implies that there are emotions to be hidden. However, a person who is reserved could be mistaken as unemotional by people who don't see beneath the surface calm.



                          For your example sentence, you need the noun form.1 From Cambridge Dictionaries:




                          reserve noun (SHY BEHAVIOUR)

                          ★ [ U ] tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them




                          So you could say




                          His reserve enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others.




                          You could also add an adjective to make the sentence more pointed, as in his natural reserve or his habitual reserve. Similarly, if you wanted to stick with the adjective, you could rephrase slightly:




                          His reserved (nature/demeanor/etc.) enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others




                          Or




                          Because he was (always/naturally/habitually) reserved, he was able to hide his strong emotions from others






                          1Of course there is also the noun form reservation, but that generally isn't used with this sense of reserve and reserved: When a table is reserved, someone has a reservation; but when a person is reserved, that person only has reserve.






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                            It sounds like your partner is reserved. From Oxford Dictionaries:




                            Slow to reveal emotion or opinions




                            This fits your description of your partner as someone who generally keeps his emotions hidden, but who does share them with you (though, I'm guessing, only after a gradual process of getting to know you). Note that the term reserved doesn't imply a lack of emotions or opinions. In fact, the definition from Collins Dictionary is




                            Someone who . . . keeps their feelings hidden




                            which (in addition to sounding very much like your description) strongly implies that there are emotions to be hidden. However, a person who is reserved could be mistaken as unemotional by people who don't see beneath the surface calm.



                            For your example sentence, you need the noun form.1 From Cambridge Dictionaries:




                            reserve noun (SHY BEHAVIOUR)

                            ★ [ U ] tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them




                            So you could say




                            His reserve enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others.




                            You could also add an adjective to make the sentence more pointed, as in his natural reserve or his habitual reserve. Similarly, if you wanted to stick with the adjective, you could rephrase slightly:




                            His reserved (nature/demeanor/etc.) enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others




                            Or




                            Because he was (always/naturally/habitually) reserved, he was able to hide his strong emotions from others






                            1Of course there is also the noun form reservation, but that generally isn't used with this sense of reserve and reserved: When a table is reserved, someone has a reservation; but when a person is reserved, that person only has reserve.






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                            It sounds like your partner is reserved. From Oxford Dictionaries:




                            Slow to reveal emotion or opinions




                            This fits your description of your partner as someone who generally keeps his emotions hidden, but who does share them with you (though, I'm guessing, only after a gradual process of getting to know you). Note that the term reserved doesn't imply a lack of emotions or opinions. In fact, the definition from Collins Dictionary is




                            Someone who . . . keeps their feelings hidden




                            which (in addition to sounding very much like your description) strongly implies that there are emotions to be hidden. However, a person who is reserved could be mistaken as unemotional by people who don't see beneath the surface calm.



                            For your example sentence, you need the noun form.1 From Cambridge Dictionaries:




                            reserve noun (SHY BEHAVIOUR)

                            ★ [ U ] tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them




                            So you could say




                            His reserve enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others.




                            You could also add an adjective to make the sentence more pointed, as in his natural reserve or his habitual reserve. Similarly, if you wanted to stick with the adjective, you could rephrase slightly:




                            His reserved (nature/demeanor/etc.) enabled him to hide his strong emotions from others




                            Or




                            Because he was (always/naturally/habitually) reserved, he was able to hide his strong emotions from others






                            1Of course there is also the noun form reservation, but that generally isn't used with this sense of reserve and reserved: When a table is reserved, someone has a reservation; but when a person is reserved, that person only has reserve.







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